> Maybe kids running through a sprinkler or something would get the > message across more universally and less offensively. >
That could also upset ecologists, alcoholics, people who can't have kids, people who have kids! (j/k) I was also a bit lost when I reached finally reached the site (first tentative was on the iphone (fail), then I opened the link on FF but closed the windows thinking it was a popup ad :() However, the idea sounds really good. - Matt On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 1:40 AM, Erik Pukinskis <[email protected]>wrote: > > Hey Kris! > > I love that you're working on microdonations... it seems like an area > full of opportunity! > > One thing I'm not super thrilled about though is the gratuitous use of > scantily clad, sexually-compliant woman to sell things... even if it > is "for a good cause". There's too much woman-as-sex-objects in the > media already, not enough woman-as-people-with-ideas-and-autonomy. > > And I don't think it really makes your pitch very well anyway. As I > understand it the young lady is supposed to represent "fun".... and > you're sort of alienating large swaths of the population who don't > necessarily see moistened sexually compliant 18 yr old girls as "fun" > (gay men, straight women, feminists of all genders, people over the > age of 40, conservatives, christians, etc...) > > Maybe kids running through a sprinkler or something would get the > message across more universally and less offensively. > > With love, > Erik > > > On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 9:35 PM, Kristopher Schlesser > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Patrick - > > > > I've got a project that I've been developing for over a year and a half > and > > have been wanting to present to the group for quite some time. We're > still > > in development, but I think the system's presentable. It's called > > HappyFridays. You can check out our teaser site and some background info > at > > http://happyfridays.org > > > > Happy Fridays, Inc is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit organization > whose > > mission is to be the most efficient fund-raising entity on the internet. > We > > believe we've got an innovative approach that engages young people with a > > fun online experience that will raise lots of money for many worthy > causes. > > > > We've already earned the respect and support of some of the > > highest-performing and most-respected non-profit organizations on the > planet > > like Breast Cancer Research Foundation and we're building steam every > day. > > > > I'm interested in exploring the idea of open sourcing the ongoing > > development of the project. If you're amenable, I'd love to present the > > project to the group and see what everyone thinks. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Kris > > > > On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 8:47 PM, Patrick Crowley <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> We're meeting next week, and we need some speakers. > >> > >> Brad, are you still down for talking about Ruby 1.9? > >> > >> Everyone else... should we do lightning talks this time? > >> > >> -- Patrick > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
